Molly Sparks

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Molly Sparks was built in Oregon in 1970 and originally christened Lady Dina . She is a Wahl 39 foot converted fishing trawler. She fished the Oregon coast for a
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Lucia

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In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Lucia was built over many years by a craftsman on Fox Island. We found her 10 years a ago at this Wooden Boat festival. We realized that this was a
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Argonaut II

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Designed by Edson B. Schock and built in 1922 at W.R. Menchions Shipyard in Vancouver, BC, Argonaut II was commissioned as “Greta M.” as a corporate yacht for the Powell River Paper &
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Jura

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Jura was commissioned using a design from Doug Peterson that was published in the July 1976 edition of Wooden Boat Magazine. The original design was for a pragmatic, budget, racer-cruiser.
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Martha

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Built in 1907 for San Francisco Yacht Club Commodore J. R. Hanify, and named after his wife, Martha Fitzmaurice Hanify, Martha is a B.B. Crowninshield design built at W. F.
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Hiyu

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Hiyu is a 10’6” version of Harry Bryan’s Fiddlehead design, referred to as a “decked canoe.” Okoume plywood was used throughout the construction. The designer intended the boat to be
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Sassafrass

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In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
After completion of the refit of Sassafrass, we spent several years cruising the Pacific coast of North and Central America and through the Panama Canal into Eastern Caribbean. When our
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Corsair

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Corsair was shipped to San Francisco from Copenhagen with her mast stepped in 1960 where she was often found in local club races winning the Master Mariner Race with best
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Dissertation

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
I started this boat just as I retired in 2017. I added an extra year to the build due to a serious pulmonary illness, but I was able to recover
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Gyrfalcon

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In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
The Gyrfalcon is an 88-foot fantail, originally designed in the late 1910s by Lee and Brinton, and then redesigned and updated by H.C. Hanson in the late 1930s. Built in
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